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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 813, 10 May 1910, Page 4

Ail increase-of l}d. in tho education rato wns announced by tho'chairman of> the Finance Committee ofr4ho London' County Council, : who-' duo partly to :ths resolution passed by a former council'to raise the'salaries of teachers, -and partly to new duties placed upon them by Acts-of Parliament passed by the, present Government. In the discussion on the constitution of the various standing and spc-oial committees, Sir John Benn said it was the first occasion in the history of the council.when they had not been able to bring forward an agreed list. The Municipal Reform party had entered on a policy of '.'grab," and he could only t,recommend ■ his friends to fight every name, tooth .and nail. -The council sat for seventeen and a half hours. A" Scotsman took an American into a bar and asked.him what lie would take. "I eues> I'll take champagne," the Yankee answered." Then yq can guess again." replied Scott}', "and . guess something nearer tuppence this time." The Hindoos have no word for "friend," but use the word "brother" instead. In Japan dancing plays a very ijnpor- ■ tant part in the education of boys and .Eirls.